Exactly what I was saying yesterday. Until we can rid Washington of the corruption and greed things will not get better. Politics in Washington DC is about the equivalent of an Arican third world country. It's sickening.

Exactly what I was saying yesterday. Until we can rid Washington of the corruption and greed things will not get better. Politics in Washington DC is about the equivalent of an Arican third world country. It's sickening.

Corruption and greed, are not incompatible with capitalism. I would go as far as to say that they are possibly essential components. Capitalism will not long survive in an altruistic society.

If you get rid of corruption and greed in Washington, it would likely be difficult for capitalism to survive. True enough, in an ideal world populated with ideal people we could have, by definition "1" above, both a capitalist and an altruistic society, but that is not the world we live in. We live in the world of definitions "2", and "3".

I have no choice but to strongly disagree with your next to final sentence, viz, "politics in Washington is about the equivalent of an African third world country."

It seems to me that "politics in Washington" is what you would expect in a highly capitalist country. I laugh when I read all the posts on ET decrying how "socialist" and "communist" the US is becoming. That's ridiculous of course. I'm sure there are socialists and communists in the US, but they have virtually no influence in government. The US government is under complete control of US capitalists. If you go to Europe or Scandinavia you can experience societies that have a much greater "socialist" element than the US. You could also experience countries in which there is a balance between socialism and capitalism. But the US is just about as capitalistic as is achievable without having an insurrection on your hands.